1942 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersGrace Comiskey
General managerHarry Grabiner
ManagersJimmy Dykes
RadioWGN (AM)
(Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse)
WCFL
(Hal Totten)
WJJD
(Pat Flanagan, Jack L. Fitzpatrick)
← 1941 Seasons 1943 →

The 1942 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 43rd season. They finished with a record of 66–82, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 34 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103 51 0.669 — 58–19 45–32
Boston Red Sox 93 59 0.612 9 53–24 40–35
St. Louis Browns 82 69 0.543 19½ 40–37 42–32
Cleveland Indians 75 79 0.487 28 39–39 36–40
Detroit Tigers 73 81 0.474 30 43–34 30–47
Chicago White Sox 66 82 0.446 34 35–35 31–47
Washington Senators 62 89 0.411 39½ 35–42 27–47
Philadelphia Athletics 55 99 0.357 48 25–51 30–48

Record vs. opponents

1942 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 13–8 14–8 15–7 12–10 14–8 11–11 14–7
Chicago 8–13 — 11–11 9–13 7–15 12–10 6–13 13–7
Cleveland 8–14 11–11 — 9–13–2 7–15 16–6 9–13 15–7
Detroit 7–15 13–9 13–9–2 — 7–15 13–9 11–11 9–13
New York 10–12 15–7 15–7 15–7 — 16–6 15–7 17–5
Philadelphia 8–14 10–12 6–16 9–13 6–16 — 6–16 10–12
St. Louis 11–11 13–6 13–9 11–11 7–15 16–6 — 11–11
Washington 7–14 7–13 7–15 13–9 5–17 12–10 11–11 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1942 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Luke Appling, SS 142 543 78 142 26 4 3 53 63 23 .262 17
George Dickey, C 59 116 6 27 3 0 1 17 9 11 .233 0
Jimmy Grant, 3B 12 36 0 6 1 1 0 1 5 6 .167 0
Val Heim, LF,RF 13 45 6 9 1 1 0 7 5 3 .200 1
Myril Hoag, CF,LF 113 412 47 99 18 2 2 37 36 21 .240 17
Jake Jones, 1B 7 20 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 .150 1
Bob Kennedy, 3B,LF 113 412 37 95 18 5 0 38 22 41 .231 11
Don Kolloway, 2B,1B 147 601 72 164 40 4 3 60 30 39 .273 16
Joe Kuhel, 1B 115 413 60 103 14 4 4 52 60 22 .249 22
Dario Lodigiani, 3B,2B 59 168 9 47 7 0 0 15 18 10 .280 3
Wally Moses, RF,CF 146 577 73 156 28 4 7 49 74 27 .270 16
Bill Mueller, CF,RF 26 85 5 14 1 0 0 5 12 9 .165 2
Bud Sketchley, RF 13 36 1 7 1 0 0 3 7 4 .194 0
Mike Tresh, C 72 233 21 54 8 1 0 15 28 24 .232 2
Thurman Tucker, CF 7 24 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 .125 0
Tom Turner, C 56 182 18 44 9 1 3 21 19 15 .242 0
Skeeter Webb, 2B 32 94 5 16 2 1 0 4 4 13 .170 1
Leo Wells, SS,3B 35 62 8 12 2 0 1 4 4 5 .194 1
Sam West, CF,LF 49 151 14 35 5 0 0 25 31 18 .232 2
Taffy Wright, LF 85 300 43 100 13 5 0 47 48 9 .333 1
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Bill Dietrich, P 26 48 2 5 1 0 0 5 5 22 .104 0
Orval Grove, P 12 22 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 5 .227 0
Joe Haynes, P 40 28 3 5 0 0 0 5 2 5 .179 0
Johnny Humphries, P 28 80 9 18 6 1 0 5 4 33 .225 0
Thornton Lee, P 11 30 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 10 .200 0
Ted Lyons, P 20 67 10 16 4 0 0 10 3 7 .239 0
Len Perme, P 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0
Johnny Rigney, P 7 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .053 0
Buck Ross, P 22 38 2 6 3 0 0 3 1 10 .158 0
Eddie Smith, P 29 73 2 9 0 1 0 0 3 15 .123 1
Jake Wade, P 15 29 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 8 .241 0
Ed Weiland, P 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Team Totals
 148 4949 538 1215 214 36 25 486 497 425 .246 114

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Pete Appleton 0 0 3.86 4 0 0 4.2 2 2 2 0 3 2
Bill Dietrich 6 11 4.89 26 23 0 160.0 173 92 87 16 70 39
Orval Grove 4 6 5.16 12 8 0 66.1 77 47 38 1 33 21
Joe Haynes 8 5 2.62 40 1 6 103.0 88 37 30 6 47 35
Johnny Humphries 12 12 2.68 28 28 0 228.1 227 85 68 9 59 71
Thornton Lee 2 6 3.32 11 8 0 76.0 82 38 28 4 31 25
Ted Lyons 14 6 2.10 20 20 0 180.1 167 52 42 11 26 50
Len Perme 0 1 1.38 4 1 0 13.0 5 2 2 0 4 4
Johnny Rigney 3 3 3.20 7 7 0 59.0 40 23 21 2 16 34
Buck Ross 5 7 5.00 22 14 1 113.1 118 63 63 6 39 37
Eddie Smith 7 20 3.98 29 28 1 215.0 223 112 95 17 86 78
Jake Wade 5 5 4.10 15 10 0 85.2 84 45 39 2 56 32
Ed Weiland 0 0 7.45 5 0 0 9.2 18 11 8 0 3 4
Team Totals
 66 82 3.58 148 148 8 1314.1 1304 609 523 74 473 432

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA St. Paul Saints American Association Truck Hannah and Bob Tarlton
B Waterloo White Hawks Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Johnny Mostil
C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Larry Bettencourt
C Superior Blues Northern League Art Haugher
D Lockport White Sox PONY League Joe Martin and Bill Prince
D Wisconsin Rapids White Sox Wisconsin State League Frank Parenti and Roger Reinhart

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References

  1. ^ Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

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